BUILD-SIMPLE-CDD(1)

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version 0.6.10 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 BUILD-SIMPLE-CDD 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for build-simple-cdd — it lives in the User Commands corner of the manual, section 1, and it's literally the tool that makes you your very own debian-installer images. custom ones. YOUR ones. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

build-simple-cdd — create custom debian-installer images 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the way you call it is:

usage: build-simple-cdd [-h] [--logfile LOGFILE] [--quiet] [--verbose]
       [--debug] [--conf CONF] [--do-mirror] [--dvd]
       [--no-do-mirror] [--qemu] [--mirror-only] [--build-only]
       [--qemu-only] [--force-root] [--dist CODENAME] [--locale LOCALE]
       [--keyboard KEYBOARD] [--proposed-updates] [--kernel-packages
       KERNEL_PACKAGES] [--profiles-udeb-dist PROFILES_UDEB_DIST]
       [--extra-udeb-dist EXTRA_UDEB_DIST] [--security-mirror
       SECURITY_MIRROR] [--backports-mirror BACKPORTS_MIRROR]
       [--profiles PROFILES] [--local-packages LOCAL_PACKAGES]
       [--build-profiles BUILD_PROFILES] [--mirror-tools MIRROR_TOOLS]
       [--build-tools BUILD_TOOLS] [--auto-profiles AUTO_PROFILES]
       [--updates-mirror UPDATES_MIRROR] [--debian-mirror DEBIAN_MIRROR]
       [--keyring KEYRING] [--require-optional-packages]
       [--force-preseed] [--serial-console]

and what it does, in one breath: create custom debian-installer CDs 💿💅

🌸 options: 🌸

  • -h, --help — shows you this help message and then dips out. exit stage left. 🫶
  • --logfile LOGFILE — pick a file and the whole execution log gets written in there. every last detail. no cap. 📝
  • --quiet — quiet output on the terminal 🤫
  • --verbose — verbose output on the terminal 🗣️
  • --debug — debugging output on the terminal 🐛🔍
  • --conf CONF — point it at a configuration file of your choosing 🎀
  • --do-mirror — generate mirror 🪞
  • --dvd — generate dvd 📀
  • --no-do-mirror — do not generate mirror 🙅♀️🪞
  • --qemu, -q — use qemu to test the image 🖥️✨
  • --mirror-only — only generate/update the mirror, nothing else 🪞✅
  • --build-only — only build the ISO image 💿🔨
  • --qemu-only — only test a previously built the image 🧪👀
  • --force-root — allow running as root 👑 (yes it's giving dangerous, it's literally in the name, be careful bestie)
  • --dist CODENAME — distribution name (jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, ..., sid) (default: $(lsb_release --short --codename)) 🌈
  • --locale LOCALE — preselect this default locale for the distribution (default: None) 🌍
  • --keyboard KEYBOARD — preselect this keyboard in debian-installer (consolekeymaps-at/keymap debconf question) (default: None) ⌨️
  • --proposed-updates — specify if proposed updates should be used (default: false) 🆕
  • --kernel-packages KERNEL_PACKAGES — list of kernel packages to include on the CD (default: None) 🧠
  • --profiles-udeb-dist PROFILES_UDEB_DIST — pull simple-cdd-profiles udeb from specified distribution (default: None) 📦
  • --extra-udeb-dist EXTRA_UDEB_DIST — pull in udebs from specified distribution (default: None) 📦✨
  • --security-mirror SECURITY_MIRROR — security mirror URL (default: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/) 🔒
  • --backports-mirror BACKPORTS_MIRROR — backports mirror URL (default: {debian_mirror}) ⏪🪞
  • --profiles, -p PROFILES — select profiles (examples in profiles/ dir) (default: None) 🗂️
  • --local-packages LOCAL_PACKAGES — list of files included on CD's local package repository (default: None) 🏠📦
  • --build-profiles, -b BUILD_PROFILES — profiles only used while building the CD (default: None) 🔨🗂️
  • --mirror-tools MIRROR_TOOLS — list the mirror tools to be used (default: download reprepro) 🛠️🪞
  • --build-tools BUILD_TOOLS — list the build tools to be used (default: debian-cd) 🛠️💿
  • --auto-profiles, -a AUTO_PROFILES — automatically install these profiles (default: None) 🤖🗂️
  • --updates-mirror UPDATES_MIRROR — specify mirror for $DIST-updates (default: {debian_mirror}) 🆙🪞
  • --debian-mirror DEBIAN_MIRROR — official Debian mirror to use to get Debian packages (default: http://{server}/debian/) 🪞🐧
  • --keyring KEYRING — use specified keyrings (comma-separated) for verifying packages (default: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archivekeyring.gpg) 🔑💖
  • --require-optional-packages — fail if missing optional packages (*.downloads) (default: None) 😭❌
  • --force-preseed — only issue a warning if a preseeding file is invalid (default: None) ⚠️
  • --serial-console, -s — enable serial console when booting the ISO image (default: None) 🔌🖥️
bestie reminder: that's literally every single option up there. don't skip any, don't rename any, don't "improve" any. they're iconic as-is. 👑

and that's the whole page!! this is build-simple-cdd version 0.6.10, from September 2025, and yeah the page header said BUILD-SIMPLE-CDD(1) and the footer said the exact same thing — slay, consistent queen. now go build an image, you absolute main character 💅🦋🌸✨

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